The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Margaret Chan, and presidents of west African nations impacted by the Ebola virus disease outbreak will meet Friday in Guinea to launch a new joint $100 million response plan as part of…

Corgenix Medical Corporation has been recognized for outstanding research presented today at the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Annual Meeting and Clinical Lab Expo 2014 in Chicago.

“Biomedical research on potentially dangerous pathogens can be performed safely and is essential,” the new, 36-member group said in a statement quoted by the news service on Wednesday. The signers included Yoshihiro Kawaoka of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Ron Fouchier of Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, key proponents of research that can produce deadlier forms of avian influenza.

The “Scientists for Science” coalition issued the remarks on the heels of several safety incidents at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including an unintended transfer of avian flu from its headquarters in Atlanta. A second lapse prompted fears that dozens of CDC workers had been exposed to anthrax, shortly before workers in Maryland discovered a cache of forgotten smallpox samples at a Food and Drug Administration facility.

The new group’s members said such incidents highlight the importance of safety measures at laboratories responsible for handling dangerous disease agents. However, they cautioned against restricting research conducted at such sites.

DoD Official: Global, National Efforts Tackle WMD Threat Department of Defense Such pathogens are available “not just in those few state biological weapons laboratories or biodefense laboratories, but in public health labs and animal health…